Hong Kong Telegraph 1881-10-19

Hong Kong Telegraph 1881-10-19

Year: 1881

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH HONGKONG 19TH OCTOBER 1881 THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY LIMITED SIR.-AS THE EDITOR OF A NEWSPAPOR, YOU MAY NATURALLY BE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE COPIES OF THE HOME PAPERS, AND IF YOU READ THEM, YOU MAY ALSO OBSERVE FREQUENT REFERCNCES TO THE ATLANTIC CABLES COMPANY. IF YOU HAVE NOT. I WOULD ME NTION THAT THIS SEEMS A SORT OF VAMPIRE COMPANY, THAT WITH MR. PENDER AS ITS HEAD, HAS SUCCEEDED RIVAL CONCERNS. BUYING UP OPPOSITION COMPANIES IS NOT ALTOGETHER AN UNCOSTLY AFFAIR, AS THE SHAREHOLDER OF THE HONGKONG TOTAL LOSS OF THE "QUINTA" WE HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE STEAMER QUINTA, ABOUT WHTIC SO MUCH ANXIETY HAS BEEN FTLE, HAS AT LAST BEEN DISCOVERED TO BE A TOTAL WREEK ON THE ISLAND OF TAICHOW, TINHOSA, AFTER ANCHORING FOR SHELTER IN A TYPHOON BUT WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE TO RECORD THAT NO LIVES CRICKET CANTON MACAO LOSS OF THE BRITISH BARK "WELLINGETON" COURT OF ENQUIRY THE SCOTCH POPULATION THE AMERICAN MAIL THE GENERAL DEPRESSION IN LOCAL STOCKS STILL CONTINUES. DOCKS ARE OF COURSE PLAYING LEADING ROLE, AND A GOOD DEAL OF SPECULATION, AS WE ANTICIPATED WOULD DE THE CASE, HAS BEEN INDULGED IN SINCE WE LAST WROTE. A LARGE TIME BUSINESS HAS BEEN BOOKED A